Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening?

Let's talk about a decision that women have to make every morning- Big purse or little purse?

But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.

You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.

I read, therefore, I matter.

Bad things are like waves. They're going to happen to you, and there's nothing you can do about it. They're part of life, like waves are a part of the ocean. If you're standing on the shoreline, you don't know when the waves are coming. But they'll come. You gotta make sure you get back to the surface, after every wave. That's all.

I still think I'm writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage.